Osa Major, "Rosado" Tempranillo 2021, Lewis Vineyard, Sebastopol, Central Valley, CA

This gorgeous light pinkish copper rosé is highly aromatic, bursting with strawberry, mango, and watermelon. It’s light-bodied, but with a deep concentration of flavor that’s fresh and juicy with ripe fruit.

COUNTRY: USA

STATE: CA

REGION: Central Valley

SUBREGION: Lodi

APPELLATION (AVA): Clements Hills

VINEYARD: Lewis Vineyard

VINTAGE: 2021

GRAPES: 100% Tempranillo

SOIL: Clay loam

PRACTICE: Natural, minimal intervention, organic and sustainable farming

VINIFICATION: Handpicked, foot tread, destemmed. Stainless steel fermentation, aged on fine lees. Unfined and unfiltered.

STYLE: Still

COLOR: Pinkish light copper, cloudy.

BODY: Light to Medium

TASTE: Dry

PRIMARY AROMAS: highly aromatic, fruit punch, strawberry, mango, watermelon

FLAVOR: Fresh and lively, deeply concentrated with ripe, juicy acidity

FORMAT: 750ml

ALCOHOL: 12.9%

SERVICE AND SUGGESTION: Serve chilled. Pair with tropical fruit salad and roasted salmon with herbs. And, as the winemaker herself suggests, drink it near a body of water.

ABOUT THE PRODUCER: Emily Fernwood

“Osa Major Wines is a one woman enterprise - from trucking grapes to selling bottles and everything in between.  Winemaker and owner Emily Fernwood spent the years after college traveling and working harvest gigs the world over, from California and Oregon to Australia and New Zealand, until founding Osa Major Wines in 2020.

As a Bay Area native, the time felt right to return home and explore the incredible variety of geology and history that can be found in the vineyards in some of our state's unique known and lesser known wine regions, while crafting wines that explore a lighter and brighter side of California winemaking.” (osamajorwines.com)

ABOUT THE VINEYARD: 

“Lewis Vineyard sits in the Clements Hills, which you'll reach if you head East out of Lodi to the place where the Central Valley just begins to turn into the foothills. Spanish grapes like Tempranillo thrive there in the hot days, and a creek running adjacent to the property keeps the night and early mornings fresh and cool.” (osamajorwines.com)